Hamburg City Hall

The Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus) is the seat of the Parliament and the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. It was constructed between 1886 and 1897 in a grand Neo-Renaissance style after the old city hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1842. The building impresses with its monumental facade, adorned by statues of 20 German emperors, and a tower reaching 112 meters in height. The interior features a total of 647 rooms, many of which are used for representative purposes, such as the imposing Grand Ballroom. The courtyard of the city hall houses the Hygieia Fountain, which commemorates the cholera epidemic of 1892. As a symbol of civic freedom and economic strength, the structure was built on a foundation of over 4,000 oak piles in the swampy ground near the Alsterfleet. The City Hall is not only an administrative center but also a venue for state receptions and cultural events. It is regarded as one of the best-preserved and most magnificent government buildings in all of Germany.

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Hamburg, the Free and Hanseatic City, is Germany's second-largest city and a central European logistics hub.

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Eimsbüttel is a beautiful city.

Altona

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Harburg

Harburg is a beautiful city.

Hamburg-Harburg

Harburg is a southern borough of Hamburg south of the Elbe, with an important inland port, the Hamburg University of Technology, and a hi…

Bergedorf

Bergedorf is an eastern borough of Hamburg with a historic castle district and one of the last preserved farmsteads within a major city.

St. Pauli

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History & landmarks

St. Michaelis Church

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Elbphilharmonie

The Elbphilharmonie is Hamburg's most spectacular landmark, a concert hall opened in 2017 atop a historic port warehouse.

Elbphilharmonie

The Elbphilharmonie is a modern concert hall in Hamburg built on top of a historic warehouse building, opening in 2017.

Hamburg Fish Market

Hamburg's fish market on the Elbe waterfront takes place every Sunday from 5 a.m.

Reeperbahn (St. Pauli)

The Reeperbahn in the St.

Reeperbahn St. Pauli

The Reeperbahn in St.

Beatles Museum Hamburg

A museum dedicated to the legendary band that started their career in Hamburg.

St. Pauli Landungsbrücken

The prominent landing stage in Hamburg harbor, gateway to the world and starting point for harbor tours.

Nature

Alster

The Alster is a tributary of the Elbe, dammed in Hamburg's centre to form two artificial lakes: the Outer Alster and the Inner Alster.

Hamburg Alster

The Alster is a tributary of the Elbe, dammed in the middle of Hamburg into two lakes: Binnenalster and Außenalster.

More places

St. Nikolai Memorial Hamburg

The ruins of St.

Miniatur Wunderland

Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg's Speicherstadt is the world's largest model railway exhibition and one of Germany's most visited attracti…

Speicherstadt

The Speicherstadt is the world's largest historic warehouse complex, built between 1883 and 1927 on oak piles in Hamburg's port.

Hamburg Speicherstadt

Speicherstadt is the world's largest warehouse district, built between 1883 and 1927 in Hamburg's free port.

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg's Speicherstadt is the world's largest model railway and miniature worlds installation.

St. Michaelis Hamburg

Hamburg's Michel (St.

Kramer-Amtsstuben

The Kramer-Amtsstuben are a group of 17th-century almshouses near St.

HafenCity

HafenCity is Europe's largest inner-city urban development project, built on a former free-port area north of the Speicherstadt.